premature breeding?

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Originally Posted by lord jackel

though age isn't as important as the weight it.

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I actually think the age is way more important for females than the weight.

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Originally Posted by GA_Ball_Pythons

Egg bound can be pretty serious, it could lead to your female's death.

BP should not be house together :colbert: - 1 BP = 1 Enclosure

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He said they were housed seperatly. But they let them roam around together....

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Originally Posted by lord jackel

4. On average even when we try to breed balls it usually only ends with eggs about 50% of the time (large scale rough avg. )

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I think most breeders get a way better average than 50%. Most are closer to 80-90% of females bred becoming gravid.

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Originally Posted by pfan151

I think most breeders get a way better average than 50%. Most are closer to 80-90% of females bred becoming gravid.

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Not according to this thread

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=53385

As I said it was a rough avg., but I haven't seen anyone say they are getting 80-90% . What is your source for saying it is so high?

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Originally Posted by pfan151

I actually think the age is way more important for females than the weight.

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Why? As this doesn't appear to be the concensus.

thanks for the responses...hopefully she won't become gravid and i'll make sure that next time we take them out that doesn't happen...i just didn't expect it to happen because i thought u needed like proper care to introduce them to each other and you had to prepare them for breeding and all these other things. I didn't think that they would do it on the floor

and i REALLY hope it's not that high

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Originally Posted by Lucero87

I didn't think that they would do it on the floor

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They are teenagers they will do it anywhere they can :carrot:

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Not according to this thread

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=53385

As I said it was a rough avg., but I haven't seen anyone say they are getting 80-90% . What is your source for saying it is so high?

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Just personal experience, and I am pretty sure I asked Adam last year what he usually expects as far as percentages and I remember him saying in that range. I know for me, I would be very dissapointed in only getting clutches out of 50% of my females that were bred. I bred 10 females last year and got 8 clutches. I think the only reason the other 2 did not go is because they were only 05's. I think if your females are of proper size and age you should easily get over a 50% gravid rate.

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Originally Posted by pfan151

Just personal experience, and I am pretty sure I asked Adam last year what he usually expects as far as percentages and I remember him saying in that range.

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Fair enough...I have spoken to local breeders here who were closer to 50-60%. I am sure there are a lot of considerations into what the precentage will be and unless more people are willing to share we may never know for sure what the real avg. is. But I am sure it will land between 0% and 100% :)